Outer Gods invade, stuff them all into your equipment inventory.

"How amazing!"

Sean couldn't help but sigh.

Instead of displaying equipment attributes, the following line of text appeared:

"It will take 72 hours to fully absorb the memory fragments obtained from Zhao Yunnan."

Above the text, a semi-transparent progress bar quietly appears, its total length corresponding exactly to the seventy-two-hour mark.

"Zhao Yunnan?"

Sean remembered that this was the author's name.

"So, the purpose of equipping books is to directly acquire the original author's 'memory fragments' in the relevant field, using these books as a medium?"

Sean's eyes gleamed with excitement.

"As long as you continue to equip yourself for a sufficient period of time, you can completely absorb these memories containing relevant experiences and insights, and make them your own..."

This is a mind-blowing way of learning!

Without the need for lengthy and tedious understanding and practice, knowledge will be directly instilled into the mind in the most intuitive and profound form.

A true moment of enlightenment.

He couldn't help but chuckle to himself:

"At this rate of learning, from now on, please call me 'the learning god'."

However, Sean still removed "The Art of a Thousand Faces: Basic Disguise and Aura Concealment" from his equipment inventory.

"It takes 72 hours of continuous equipment, which is far too long."

"Moreover, this book only records simple techniques, not skills and spells, so it's not very cost-effective."

Most importantly, Sean discovered, through the knowledge he had just gained, that most of the drugs needed to use the techniques recorded in that book were simply unavailable at Settlement Thirteen.

Even if you spend time mastering this knowledge, you won't be able to put it to use in the short term.

It would be better to spend that time learning other skills or spells.

Sean tried one book at a time.

He was frustrated to discover that it would take more than three days to master most of the memory fragments in the books.

This means that during the learning period, his first valuable equipment slot will be occupied for a long time, severely limiting his immediate combat power.

"There are still too few equipment slots!"

He rubbed his temples, feeling somewhat irritated by his desire to improve his strength.

If he had one more equipment slot, he could maintain his current strength while keeping one slot available for learning.

"Only the memory fragments from this mage's hand have an absorption time of three hours."

"This is a good opportunity to experiment and see what kind of effect this memory fragment will have on the books in the equipment inventory after it is fully absorbed."

The Mage's Hand, a level zero transformation magic trick.

This trick can create a magical hand that can move flexibly within a 20m radius around the user.

The Mage's Hand can be used to perform fine motor skills such as grabbing, pushing, and manipulating objects.

However, its strength is very limited; it can only lift a few kilograms at most, making it difficult to use in combat.

The book that Sean finally acquired was, strictly speaking, a mage's hand study notebook recorded by a hero skilled in magic.

However, the records are very detailed, and it is unknown why they were collected by the library.

Time passed second by second, and the progress bar kept shortening.

During this process, Sean did not waste any time; he kept practicing Mage Hand.

A pebble was placed on the ground, and Sean controlled the mage's hand to pick it up and throw it down repeatedly.

"It seems the author of this notebook didn't have a high level of mastery over this spell."

Sean could clearly feel a sense of "clumsiness" when using the Mage's Hand.

Although the actions can be completed, the precision of control, the smoothness of movement, and even the subtle grasp of the spell's duration are all lacking.

This is vastly different from the abilities he gained from using other books.

"Perhaps that's why it took me so little time to absorb this fragment of memory."

The author's lack of ability means that the fragments of memory are relatively shallow.

Such memory fragments naturally take less time to absorb.

The authors of those books were often masters in the field, and their fragmented memories were the crystallization of years of experience and insights.

Such fragmented memories naturally require more time to digest and absorb.

"So in the future, I should try to find books that take longer to study."

Sean had decided on a strategy.

The key to mastering skills is not quantity, but quality.

A skill that you have mastered completely is far more valuable than a dozen skills that you have only half-baked.

"So the core of the problem is... to increase the number of equipment slots as soon as possible."

Only when he has a large number of equipment slots can he confidently and boldly develop his learning abilities.

Three hours passed quickly, and the knowledge related to the Mage's Hand was fully absorbed.

Sean didn't do anything, and the notebook was automatically removed from his inventory.

Sean tried to re-equip himself, but found that he couldn't equip it no matter what he did.

"Therefore, once the memory fragments are completely absorbed, the function of this 'book' as an 'experience container' is completely exhausted, and it loses its value as an equipment."

"That's good, at least the books won't disappear because of this."

"Otherwise, I really wouldn't know what to give back to the library."

........................

The next morning, Sean went to the library and returned all the books he had borrowed the day before.

He then left the library and headed to the Heroes' Guild.

Although power badges can also be sold at the Hero's Market, the market is a mixed bag, and Sean doesn't want to cause trouble for himself at this time.

In addition to issuing quests to heroes, the Heroes' Guild also operates an official exchange and consignment business.

The reputation here is guaranteed. Although the commission is much higher than at the Brave Market, the process is standardized.

Trading here minimizes the chances of being scammed and getting into trouble later.

For Sean, who wanted to keep a low profile when dealing with his equipment, this was definitely a safer choice.

After demonstrating the Power Emblem's attributes at the relevant department's sales hall in the Hero Association, Sean easily obtained a high purchase price of 1500 Dimensional Gold Coins from the staff.

Although entrusting the Hero Association to conduct a special auction may yield a higher price.

However, this process takes too long; just preparing for the auction and promoting it could take several weeks.

Sean couldn't afford to waste that much time on this, so he decisively chose to sell it directly.

What made Sean even happier was that someone happened to be selling storage bags at the auction house under the Hero Association.

The auctioneer listed a buy-it-now price of 1200 dimensional coins, and the item description stated that the storage pocket had a storage space of three cubic meters, making it a minor gem.

Sean decisively bought the storage bag at a fixed price.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Sean received his first storage device ever from the auction house staff.